Former Bronco Denny Honored By Detroit Catholic League

Courtesy: Sean Fagan, Assistant Director of Media Relations

Release: 05/16/2013

ROCHESTER, Mich. - It was announced that former Western Michigan women's tennis player Rachel Denny will be inducted into the Catholic League Hall of Fame. A native of Rochester, Mich., Denny’s selection is based on outstanding academic and athletic performance, as well as community service involvement. Denny will be recognized at the Detroit Catholic League & Catholic Coaches Association Hall of Fame Day on Monday, June 10, 2013 at the Fern Hill Country Club.

Rachel graduated from the Lee Honors College at Western Michigan in December 2012 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Sciences and having maintained a 3.93 GPA during her four-year career as a student-athlete. Denny excelled in the classroom, earning Academic All-MAC honors in 2011 and 2012 and four consecutive ITA Scholar-Athlete honors from 2009-12.

Before attending Western MIchigan, Denny played girls' tennis for four years at the Academy of the Sacred Heart High School in Bloomfield Hills, graduating in 2008. She will begin her tenure as a student at Michigan State University's College of Osteopathic Medicine in June 2013.